January ReCap and February Goals

Fabric in for January

My two annual goals are:

1. Have a net loss of 100 yards of fabric from my stash.

2. Finish six UFOs

   ✒ a. Temperature 2021--pin basted and ditched quilted started in January

    b. Temperature 2022-2023

    c. Martha's House blocks

    d. Positively Grows

    e. Maze top

    f. Butterfly number four 

My January goals were:

✔1. Pick the fabric to set the Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks from last year.

✔2. Prepare the fabric for a Santa tree skirt.

Fabric out for January

✔3. Participate in the Alphabet Sew Along through Modern Quilt Studio.

✔4. Layer and baste the Temperature quilt for 2021.

✔5. Catch up with the Old Town mystery.

✔6. Work on the project for the book "Before We Were Yours" by Lisa Wingate

✔7. Make a patriotic star block for the CCQ guild block contest.

✔8. Attend the Zoom Triangles class with Maria Shell.

✔9. Finish the blocks for the 2024 Temperature quilt.

✔10. Get Rita's Temperature quilt into a top.

✔11. Choose the backing fabric for Rita's Temperature quilt.

Piece the like batting scraps together in February

✒12. Continue with the PT for my knee. I have a goal of 120 degrees flexion and 0 degrees extension. (I did get to 120 degrees with flexion; but am two degrees short on extension. I am walking about 1/2 a mile daily. . .not fast; but, I am tolerating that distance.)

✔13. Pre wash the Sweet Tooth mystery fabrics.

✔14. Pre wash the 2025 Temperature quilt fabrics.

✔15. Make a sample house and tree block. Now, I'm thinking the blocks are going to make a quilt too big so I'm rethinking my plan.

✖16. Complete the August bonus lesson and the September embroidery lesson. (The reason I am not making progress on this goal is because I can't sit comfortably to use two laptops and participate in the lesson. One laptop contains the software, the second laptop contains the tutorial. I'm not giving up. I will complete those lessons!)

Cut out a tree skirt from these fabrics

Fabric Summary:

Fabric in this month: 8 yards    

Fabric in year to date: 8 yards

Fabric used from stash this month: 6 yards

Fabric used from stash year to date: 6 yards

Net loss/gain this month: +2 yards

Net loss/gain year to date: +2 yards

The six yards is the fabric for my RSC project this year. The additional yards were free. . .I just couldn't turn that blue batik with snowflakes down! Gertie, my inner squirrel, is congratulating me because I didn't bring eight yards of fabric into the stash. . .only two! 

Stitch these fabrics following
the Sweet Tooth mystery

My February goals are:

1.Catch up with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks.

2. Document layering and basting the Positively top that I made in 2023.

3. Write a tutorial about how to pin baste a quilt.

4. Get the "Love Makes A Family" project to a top.

5. Catch up with the 2025 Temperature blocks--I'm contemplating a block size change.

6. Figure out a legend for the 2024 Temperature quilt.

7. Cut out the Santa tree skirt.

8. Continue progressing with clue nine of the Old Town mystery. I'm at the sewing parts together into blocks stage.

9. Piece the leftover batting chunks together.

10. Complete the August bonus lesson and the September embroidery lesson.

11. Continue with the PT for my knee.

12. Continue quilting my 2021 Temperature quilt.

Linking up to Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts and Cynthia at Oh Scrap.